Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, PAS
Investigation of the morphology induced by block copolymer self-assembly with small molecule for optoelectronics.
Nanostructured functional materials with tailored morphology from block copolymer induced self-assembly of small organic molecules for electronic and optoelectronic applications Physical Engineering
tel.: 48787016078 pkumari@cmpw-pan.pl
Exploration towards understanding and controlling the processes of developing idealized morphologies for enhancing the performance of devices.
Block copolymers are emerging as a fascinating materials for understanding and controlling processes associated with optoelectronic devices. The self-assembly induced by block copolymer is a reliable and powerful technique for advanced nanopatterning to fabricate nanomaterials of different functionalities for optoelectronic devices. This technique is particularly promising for pushing the boundaries of block copolymer lithography and creating a unique surface architectures or ‘superstructure’ and complex morphologies at the nanoscale. Microphase separation of BCP generates a highly ordered and tunable periodic nanoscale structures like spherical, lamellae, gyroid, and cylinders through self-assembly process. The association of small organic molecules with complementary recognition unit have the active sites with one of the blocks of BCP along the chain. This association approach of small organic molecules with BCP is known as block copolymer supramolecular strategies. The well-defined microphase separation of the BCPs induce the controlled assemblies of the small additive molecules into nanoscopic length scale inside the BCP microdomains. Therefore, BCP supramolecular strategies are effectively considered to tailor the physical properties, such as optical, luminescence, electronic, etc. of the functional small molecules via controlling their aggregation, as these properties significantly depend on their superstructure morphology and make it easier to understand the enhancing of device performance.
Pallavi Kumari started her scientific career with the investigation of block copolymers and earned a doctoral degree from the Central University of Jharkhand, India, in 2017. To continue her postdoctoral research on the polymer and block copolymer based materials she moved to Indian Institute of Technology, and afterwards, to the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center in Israel. In 2021, P. Kumari joined the Norwegian company capture bank as a researcher. Currently, she is holding the position of a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences under the PASIFIC Programme.
Kumari, P., Bera, M. K., Malik, S., & Kuila, B. K. (2015). Amphiphilic and thermoresponsive conjugated block copolymer with its solvent dependent optical and photoluminescence properties: Toward sensing applications. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 7(23), 12348-12354.
Kumari, P., Khawas, K., Nandy, S., & Kuila, B. K. (2016). A supramolecular approach to Polyaniline graphene nanohybrid with three dimensional pillar structures for high performing electrochemical supercapacitor applications. Electrochimica Acta, 190, 596-604.
Kumari, P., Sayas, T., Bucki, P., Brown-Miyara, S., & Kleiman, M. (2020). Real-time visualization of cellulase activity by microorganisms on surface. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(18), 6593.
34 Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 41-819 Zabrze, Poland
Supervisor
Prof. Mieczysław Łapkowski
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